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Congress Themes

The World Congress will present studies and research on themes embracing all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences engaged in research on North Africa, the Middle East and the Muslim states of Central Asia including studies on the impact of these regions on other parts of the world.
These disciplines include: anthropology, archaeology, architecture/urban planning, art, cinema studies and film, communications, conflict resolution, development studies, economics, education, Egyptology, environmental studies, folklore, geography, history, international relations, Islamic studies, journalism, law, library science, language, linguistics, literature, media arts, music, numismatics, philology, philosophy, political science, population studies, religious studies, sociology, gender and women's studies.
The list below is only indicative and not identical in detail with the final program.

Overview

The Middle East after September 11 Ancient Middle East

Historical Approaches Islam in Past and Present

Christian and Jewish Studies Urban Studies and Space

Water and Environment Economics of the Middle East

Politics of the Middle East Women and Gender Studies

Normative Phenomena and Legal Research Migration Studies

Media and Cultural Studies Linguistics and Literature

Nationality, Identities and Ethnicity

Panel Time

The Middle East after September 11

Chronicle of a War: Information and Human Rights in the Middle East after September 11 WED-A,B

International Relations, Social Cohesion and Security in the Mediterranean WED-A,B,C

Reception of September 11 and the "War Against Terror" WED-A,B

Analysing Terrorism FRI-C



Ancient Middle East

German Archeological Research on the Ancient Middle East TUE-B,C

Ancient Egypt MON-C,D

Ancient Midlle East TUE-B

Archaeology TUE-D

Historic Preservation Projects in Egypt FRI-C



Historical Approaches

Savoirs historiques au Maghreb : construction et usages TUE-D / WED-A,B,C,D

Productions et pratiques historiographiques dans le Maghreb moderne et contemporain WED-A,B

Le Caire médiéval: approches archéologiques et historiques d'un espace urbain MON-C

Great Britain and Palestine. New Approaches to the History of the British Mandate TUE-C,D

The Dynamics of Land, Law and Politics in Historic Palestine THU-C,D

Lectures croissées d'un monument témoin de l'histoire. La Citadelle de Damas THU-A,B

Reconstruction and Preservation of Collective Memory: New Trends in Moroccan Historiography WED-C

The History of Middle Eastern Printing and Publishing MON-B,D / TUE-A,B,C,D / TUE-A,B,C,D

Ottoman Bilad al-Sham MON-C,D

The Last Phase of the Ottoman Empire TUE-B,C

Working in the Late Ottoman Empire WED-D

Problematic Encounters: East-West Relationships in Historical Perspective TUE-A,B

Élite religieuse, reformisme et modernisme, XVIII - XIXe siècle TUE-A,B

Mamluk Society THU-B

Middle Eastern History Analysed: Case Studies from the 11th until the 20th Century THU-A

Writing History: Methods and Methodology THU-B

Writing History: Case Studies THU-C



Islam in Past and Present

Modern Islam and the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi Sufi Order TUE-A,B

Sufi Saints and Non-Sufi Saints: Sacredness, Symbolism, and Solidarity WED-A,B,C

Sufism: Tradition and Reform THU-A,B

Analytical Approaches on Political Islam TUE-C

Political Islam: Case Studies TUE-D

Religion and Society WED-A,B

Les phénomènes de martyre dans les sociétés musulmanes contemporaines TUE-B,C

Early Islamic Texts, Their Analysis and Re-Interpretation in the 21st Century WED-A

The Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam TUE-A

Édition francaise de l'Encyclopédie d l'Islam TUE-C

L'Islam et la constitution des sciences modernes WED-B

Results of Contemporary Research on the Qur'an: The Question of a Historico-Critical Text of the Qur'an TUE-A,B,C,D

Multi-Dimensional approaches to Shi'i Studies THU-A,B

Enlightment and Islam: A Contradiction? MON-C

Islamic Response to Modernity THU-C,D

Muslim Identities and Locally Embedded Islam FRI-A,B

Medieval Muslim Visions TUE-B

Islamic Education and Exegetic Practice THU-A,B

Islam in South-Eastern Europe THU-A,B

Islam and Arabic Influences in the GUS States TUE-C,D



Christian and Jewish Studies

Middle Eastern Christians in Past and Present MON-D

Historical Missions to the Middle East THU-A,B,C,D,E

Oriens Christianus FRI-A,B,C,D,E

The Bible on the Web TUE-C,D

Minorities in Mirror, Muslim-christian relations in the Malay World (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines), in the 19 and 20th century. WED-C,D



Urban Studies and Space

The Urban Space of Zokak el-Blat: Interdisciplinary Fieldwork in a Pericentral Quarter of Beirut TUE-A,B

Actualités du patrimoine récent au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient WED-A,B

Filières de formation et modèles professionnels : ingénieurs et urbanistes au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient WED-A,B

Filières de formation et modèles professionnels : ingénieurs et urbanistes au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient WED-B,C

Urban Development in Mediterranean Countries between best Practice and Self-Help Building MON-C

The Muslim-Christian Dialogue MON-D

L'autoroute ou la ville? Pour une approche critique des grands projets urbains à l'heure de l'internationalisation TUE-C,D

Région et régionalisation au Maghreb MON-C

Urban Conservation and Architectural Restauration FRI-A,B

Organising Urban Spaces MON-C,D

Urban Texture and Architecture in Past and Present THU-A,B,C,D

Urban Spaces and Urban Development WED-A

Urban Spaces and Urban Development WED-B,C



Water and Environment

Environment in the Arab World: Problems, Policies, Culture, Activism, Regional and International Agreements THU-A

Environment in the Arab World: Problems, Policies, Culture, Activism, Regional and International Agreements THU-B,C

Water Issues in the MENA Region WED-A,B,C,D

Environment of Semiarid and Arid Mountain Regions TUE-B,C,D

Environment MON-C,D



Economics of the Middle East

Tourism in the Southern Mediterranean WED-B,C

Tourism in the Southern Mediterranean WED-C,D

Tourism: Obstacles and Chances THU-C,D

Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in Palestine WED-A,B

Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in Palestine WED-B,C

Impact of Euro-Med FTA on South Mediterranean Countries MON-C

Studies On the Arab World Economies: Main Focuses, Results and Methods WED-B,C

Economic Liberalization, Political Change and Shifting Political Mobilization in the Middle East and North Africa TUE-D,E

New Directions in Middle East Political Economy WED-A

Middle Eastern Economy and Perspectives for Development THU-A,B,C

Middle Eastern Economy and Perspectives for Development THU-C,D

Foreign Direct Investment and the Impact of Globalization FRI-A,B

Social Economic and Political Development in Saudi Arabia TUE-A



Politics of the Middle East

La Libye et la colonisation italienne TUE-A,B,C

Libya in Modern Times MON-C,D

From Transjordan to Jordan: Society, Politics and Economy TUE-C

The Iraqi Question in World Politics TUE-C,D

Saudi Arabia: Socio-Political and Economic Trends in the Third Millenium WED-C,D

Saudi Arabia in Regional and International Politics TUE-D

Israel Vision and Division TUE-C

Israel Vision and Division TUE-D

Israeli Foreign Policy after the Al-Aksa Intifada WED-A

Jerusalem TUE-A,B

Democratization in Palestine: Shifting Boundaries and Constraints WED-C

The Perspectives of a Democratic Palestine TUE-A,B

Lebanon in Past-War LIMBO: Cultural, Economic and Political Reconstruction in an Uncertain Regional Environment FRI-A,B,C

Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy after the Cold War; New Challenges and Opportunities TUE-A,B

The Official Ideology in Turkey THU-C,D

Problems and Perspectives of the Youth in Arab Societies THU-A

The Future of Arab Political Opposition: Loyal, Co-opted, or Illegal? WED-A,B

Political Changes in the Oil Monarchies of the Gulf THU-A,B,C

State and Society: Power and Identity MON-C

State and Society: Law versus Politics TUE-A

Political Theory in Middle East Area Studies WED-B,C

Central Asia: An Extension of the Middle East? THU-A,B

Youth politics" / "Politiques de la Jeunesse TUE-C,D

The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Region Building in the Mediterranean WED-C / THU-A

The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Rethinking Cooperation, Redefining Security THU-B,C,D

The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Democracy and Human Rights. Values, Norms and Interests FRI-A,B,C

Policy Issues in Potential Areas in the Middle East: Water, Economy, Religion MON-D

Politics and Security around the Caspian Sea and Central Asia THU-B

Security Politics in the Middle East FRI-A,B

National Security and Islamic Organisations MON-C

Institution Building in the Middle East TUE-D

State-Society-Relations THU-C,D

Democratization and Sectarialism in the Middle East FRI-A,B

Political Elites: Parties and Oppositions WED-B,C

Taking Islamist Debates and Discourses Seriously: New Avenues in Research and Collection THU-C

Foreign Policy, Innner-Regional Relations and the Process of Globalization MON-C,D

Foreign Policy, Innner-Regional Relations and the Process of Globalization TUE-A,B

Surveying Middle East Studies: Towards a Global Perspective WED-B

The Middle East Peace Process TUE-D

Reconceptualizing Public Spheres in the Middle East and North Africa THU-C

The Future of the MENA Region THU-B

Objets dignes et indignes dans l'étude du monde arabe et musulman WED-D

Looking from the Outside on the Middle East TUE-C,D



Women and Gender Studies

Women or something like that? Rethinking the Middle East Field: The Problematic Integration of Gender Studies TUE-A

Women or something like that? Locating the Grasroots: Gender and Authenticity in Middle Eastern Politics TUE-B,C,D

Women or something like that? Gender and Transnationalism WED-A

Women or something like that? Gender and Conflict THU-A,B

Women or something like that? Roundtable THU-C

Women in Arab Societies MON-C / WED-A,B

Gender and Social Change in the Mandate States THU-D

Construction of Gender through Cultural Texts and Performances WED-C,D

Gender Studies: Women, Medicine and Medical Discourse FRI-A

Gender Studies: Women in Modernity FRI-B,C



Normative Phenomena and Legal Research

Islamic Law in a Comparative Perspective MON-C,D

Droit étatique, droit coutumier, pluralism juridique et pratiques juridiques TUE-A,B

Normative Phenomena and Legal Issures: From Early Islam until Today THU-B,C

Charity (Sadaqa), Charitable Institutions and Pious Endowments (Awqaf) in Medieval and Ottoman Islam WED-C,D

Hadith Criticism and the Virtual Hadith Academy MON-C

Philosophical and Theological Reflection MON-C,D



Migration Studies

International Migration and the Way Out FRI-B

Migrations internationales au Maghreb TUE-A,B

Migrations internationales au Maghreb TUE-B,C

Les migrations à Istanbul (de l'époque Ottomane à la Turquie contemporaine) MON-C

Domestic Workers to / in / from the Middle East THU-C,D

Les Iranien de Berlin et la modernité (1916-1925) WED-B,C

Muslim and Turkish Communities in Germany TUE-A

Living as a Refugee THU-B

International Migration and the MENA Region MON-C

Jewish Immigration from Muslim Countries to Israel TUE-C

Jewish Migration to Israel TUE-A

A Life in Diaspora THU-A



Media and Cultural Studies

Methods and Methodologies in Middle East Studies: Life Story Narratives, Oral History and Autobiographies: Self and Subjectivity in Autobiographies, Memoirs, Novels, Travelogues and Architecture THU-B,C

Methods and Methodologies in Middle East Studies: Life Story Narratives, Oral History and Autobiographies: Self and Subjectivity in Oral History Narratives THU-C,D

Mathematics and Astronomy in the Middle East MON-C,D

Écriture et calligraphie dans la culture islamique médiévale et moderne MON-C,D

Elite Change in the Arab World and Iran TUE-C,D

Global Fusion: Visions for the Future of Middle East TUE-A,B

Translators as Cultural Mediators THU-A,B

Islamic Education in the Soviet Union and the CIS MON-C

Avicenna: Avicenna and the Classical Tradition THU-A,B

Avicenna: Avicenna on Natural Philosophy and the Exact Sciences THU-C

Avicenna: Avicenna on Metaphysics and Theology FRI-B

Avicenna: The Heritage of Avicenna FRI-C

Real-Life Literacies in the Maghreb: Context as the Key to Learning in Tunisia and Morocco MON-C,D

The Interrelatedness of Intellectual Trends in the Modern Mediterranean TUE-A,B

The Interrelatedness of Intellectual Trends in the Modern Mediterranean TUE-B,C

Chocs des civilisations THU-A,B

Statut de l'enquête ethnographique dans un contexte de guerre TUE-C,D

Muslim Intellectuals and Discourses of Modernity THU-A

Voyage et re-fondation du monde : voyageurs orientaux en Orient TUE-A,B,C

Anthropology in the Middle East: Past Perspectives - Future Visions TUE-D

Modern and Contemporary Art in in the Mediterranean Islamic World - New Approaches / Les arts plastiques dans l'islam méditerranéen - nouvelles approches et méthodes d'analyse TUE-A,B

The Sources and Nature of Encyclopaedias of Science and Medical Compendia in Silamic Civilization WED-D

Media THU-C,D

Cinema, Media and the Middle East THU-A,C,D

Performance in the Middle East: Music and Theatre WED-A,B

La réforme de l'État dans le monde islamo-méditerranéen vue du Maghreb au 19ème et 20ème siècles: la trame intellectuelle, la circulation des idées MON-C,D

Cultural Conceptions of Middle Eastern Statesmen, Intellectuals and Technocrats (19th - 21st Centuries) TUE-D,E

Tracking Change: Political, Cultural and Intellectual Transition in the Muslim World WED-B,C

Tradition, Mass Culture and Social Change in the Arab World MON-C

Library Sciences and Indexing THU-C

Mutual Perceptions TUE-A,B



Linguistics and Literature

New Approaches on Turkish Literature: Turkish Literature in Comparative Perspective TUE-A,B

New Approaches on Turkish Literature: The Use of Myth in Turkish Literature TUE-B,C

Un siècle de roman en Egypte (1901 - 2001) FRI-C

Majority and Minority Relations - Jews and Israeli Arabs as a Case in Point THU-A,B

Fêtes, célébrations, commémorations: des espaces et des temps dans le monde arabe MON-C,D,E

Arabic Literature and Islamic Studies TUE-C

Constructions of National Identity in Space, in Public, in Literature, and in Absentia THU-C,D

Poems and Poets, Novels and Authors, Writing Today WED-B,C

The Other View: Contemporary Literature by Women Authors in the Middle East THU-C,D

Classical Literature FRI-A

Language and Linguistics WED-A,B,C



Nationality, Identities and Ethnicity

Constructing Collective Identities in Islamic Contexts WED-B

Constructing Identities THU-A,B

Nationalism: The Middle East and its Role in the World TUE-C,D

Alevism WED-A,B,C

Panel	Time
The Middle East after September 11
Chronicle of a War: Information and Human Rights in the Middle East after September 11	WED-A,B
International Relations, Social Cohesion and Security in the Mediterranean	WED-A,B,C
Reception of September 11 and the "War Against Terror"	WED-A,B
Analysing Terrorism	FRI-C

Ancient Middle East
German Archeological Research on the Ancient Middle East	TUE-B,C
Ancient Egypt	MON-C,D
Ancient Midlle East	TUE-B
Archaeology	TUE-D
Historic Preservation Projects in Egypt	FRI-C

Historical Approaches
Savoirs historiques au Maghreb : construction et usages	TUE-D / WED-A,B,C,D
Productions et pratiques historiographiques dans le Maghreb moderne et contemporain	WED-A,B
Le Caire médiéval: approches archéologiques et historiques d'un espace urbain	MON-C
Great Britain and Palestine. New Approaches to the History of the British Mandate	TUE-C,D
The Dynamics of Land, Law and Politics in Historic Palestine	THU-C,D
Lectures croissées d'un monument témoin de l'histoire. La Citadelle de Damas	THU-A,B
Reconstruction and Preservation of Collective Memory: New Trends in Moroccan Historiography	WED-C
The History of Middle Eastern Printing and Publishing	MON-B,D / TUE-A,B,C,D / TUE-A,B,C,D
Ottoman Bilad al-Sham	MON-C,D
The Last Phase of the Ottoman Empire	TUE-B,C
Working in the Late Ottoman Empire	WED-D
Problematic Encounters: East-West Relationships in Historical Perspective	TUE-A,B
Élite religieuse, reformisme et modernisme, XVIII - XIXe siècle	TUE-A,B
Mamluk Society	THU-B
Middle Eastern History Analysed: Case Studies from the 11th until the 20th Century	THU-A
Writing History: Methods and Methodology	THU-B
Writing History: Case Studies	THU-C

Islam in Past and Present
Modern Islam and the Naqshbandi-Mujaddidi Sufi Order	TUE-A,B
Sufi Saints and Non-Sufi Saints: Sacredness, Symbolism, and Solidarity	WED-A,B,C
Sufism: Tradition and Reform	THU-A,B
Analytical Approaches on Political Islam	TUE-C
Political Islam: Case Studies	TUE-D
Religion and Society	WED-A,B
Les phénomènes de martyre dans les sociétés musulmanes contemporaines	TUE-B,C
Early Islamic Texts, Their Analysis and Re-Interpretation in the 21st Century	WED-A
The Third Edition of the Encyclopaedia of Islam	TUE-A
Édition francaise de l'Encyclopédie d l'Islam	TUE-C
L'Islam et la constitution des sciences modernes	WED-B
Results of Contemporary Research on the Qur'an: The Question of a Historico-Critical Text of the Qur'an	TUE-A,B,C,D
Multi-Dimensional approaches to Shi'i Studies	THU-A,B
Enlightment and Islam: A Contradiction?	MON-C
Islamic Response to Modernity	THU-C,D
Muslim Identities and Locally Embedded Islam	FRI-A,B
Medieval Muslim Visions	TUE-B
Islamic Education and Exegetic Practice	THU-A,B
Islam in South-Eastern Europe	THU-A,B
Islam and Arabic Influences in the GUS States	TUE-C,D

Christian and Jewish Studies
Middle Eastern Christians in Past and Present	MON-D
Historical Missions to the Middle East	THU-A,B,C,D,E
Oriens Christianus	FRI-A,B,C,D,E
The Bible on the Web	TUE-C,D
Minorities in Mirror, Muslim-christian relations in the Malay World (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines), in the 19 and 20th century.	WED-C,D


Urban Studies and Space
The Urban Space of Zokak el-Blat: Interdisciplinary Fieldwork in a Pericentral Quarter of Beirut	TUE-A,B
Actualités du patrimoine récent au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient	WED-A,B
Filières de formation et modèles professionnels : ingénieurs et urbanistes au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient	WED-A,B
Filières de formation et modèles professionnels : ingénieurs et urbanistes au Maghreb et au Moyen-Orient	WED-B,C
Urban Development in Mediterranean Countries between best Practice and Self-Help Building	MON-C
The Muslim-Christian Dialogue	MON-D
L'autoroute ou la ville? Pour une approche critique des grands projets urbains à l'heure de l'internationalisation	TUE-C,D
Région et régionalisation au Maghreb	MON-C
Urban Conservation and Architectural Restauration	FRI-A,B
Organising Urban Spaces	MON-C,D
Urban Texture and Architecture in Past and Present	THU-A,B,C,D
Urban Spaces and Urban Development	WED-A
Urban Spaces and Urban Development	WED-B,C

Water and Environment
Environment in the Arab World: Problems, Policies, Culture, Activism, Regional and International Agreements	THU-A
Environment in the Arab World: Problems, Policies, Culture, Activism, Regional and International Agreements	THU-B,C
Water Issues in the MENA Region	WED-A,B,C,D
Environment of Semiarid and Arid Mountain Regions	TUE-B,C,D
Environment	MON-C,D

Economics of the Middle East
Tourism in the Southern Mediterranean	WED-B,C
Tourism in the Southern Mediterranean	WED-C,D
Tourism: Obstacles and Chances	THU-C,D
Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in Palestine	WED-A,B
Poverty and Poverty Alleviation in Palestine	WED-B,C
Impact of Euro-Med FTA on South Mediterranean Countries	MON-C
Studies On the Arab World Economies: Main Focuses, Results and Methods	WED-B,C
Economic Liberalization, Political Change and Shifting Political Mobilization in the Middle East and North Africa	TUE-D,E
New Directions in Middle East Political Economy	WED-A
Middle Eastern Economy and Perspectives for Development	THU-A,B,C
Middle Eastern Economy and Perspectives for Development	THU-C,D
Foreign Direct Investment and the Impact of Globalization	FRI-A,B
Social Economic and Political Development in Saudi Arabia	TUE-A

Politics of the Middle East
La Libye et la colonisation italienne	TUE-A,B,C
Libya in Modern Times	MON-C,D
From Transjordan to Jordan: Society, Politics and Economy	TUE-C
The Iraqi Question in World Politics	TUE-C,D
Saudi Arabia: Socio-Political and Economic Trends in the Third Millenium	WED-C,D
Saudi Arabia in Regional and International Politics	TUE-D
Israel Vision and Division	TUE-C
Israel Vision and Division	TUE-D
Israeli Foreign Policy after the Al-Aksa Intifada	WED-A
Jerusalem	TUE-A,B
Democratization in Palestine: Shifting Boundaries and Constraints	WED-C
The Perspectives of a Democratic Palestine	TUE-A,B
Lebanon in Past-War LIMBO: Cultural, Economic and Political Reconstruction in an Uncertain Regional Environment	FRI-A,B,C
Turkish Politics and Foreign Policy after the Cold War; New Challenges and Opportunities	TUE-A,B
The Official Ideology in Turkey	THU-C,D
Problems and Perspectives of the Youth in Arab Societies	THU-A
The Future of Arab Political Opposition: Loyal, Co-opted, or Illegal?	WED-A,B
Political Changes in the Oil Monarchies of the Gulf	THU-A,B,C
State and Society: Power and Identity	MON-C
State and Society: Law versus Politics	TUE-A
Political Theory in Middle East Area Studies	WED-B,C
Central Asia: An Extension of the Middle East?	THU-A,B
Youth politics" / "Politiques de la Jeunesse	TUE-C,D
The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Region Building in the Mediterranean	WED-C / THU-A
The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Rethinking Cooperation, Redefining Security	THU-B,C,D
The Mediterranean in the New Evolving International Order: Domestic, Regional and International Interests: Democracy and Human Rights. Values, Norms and Interests	FRI-A,B,C
Policy Issues in Potential Areas in the Middle East: Water, Economy, Religion	MON-D
Politics and Security around the Caspian Sea and Central Asia	THU-B
Security Politics in the Middle East	FRI-A,B
National Security and Islamic Organisations	MON-C
Institution Building in the Middle East	TUE-D
State-Society-Relations	THU-C,D
Democratization and Sectarialism in the Middle East	FRI-A,B
Political Elites: Parties and Oppositions	WED-B,C
Taking Islamist Debates and Discourses Seriously: New Avenues in Research and Collection	THU-C
Foreign Policy, Innner-Regional Relations and the Process of Globalization	MON-C,D
Foreign Policy, Innner-Regional Relations and the Process of Globalization	TUE-A,B
Surveying Middle East Studies: Towards a Global Perspective	WED-B
The Middle East Peace Process	TUE-D
Reconceptualizing Public Spheres in the Middle East and North Africa	THU-C
The Future of the MENA Region	THU-B
Objets dignes et indignes dans l'étude du monde arabe et musulman	WED-D
Looking from the Outside on the Middle East	TUE-C,D

Women and Gender Studies

Women or something like that? Rethinking the Middle East Field: The Problematic Integration of Gender Studies	TUE-A
Women or something like that? Locating the Grasroots: Gender and Authenticity in Middle Eastern Politics	TUE-B,C,D
Women or something like that? Gender and Transnationalism	WED-A
Women or something like that? Gender and Conflict	THU-A,B
Women or something like that? Roundtable	THU-C
Women in Arab Societies	MON-C / WED-A,B
Gender and Social Change in the Mandate States	THU-D
Construction of Gender through Cultural Texts and Performances	WED-C,D
Gender Studies: Women, Medicine and Medical Discourse	FRI-A
Gender Studies: Women in Modernity	FRI-B,C

Normative Phenomena and Legal Research
Islamic Law in a Comparative Perspective	MON-C,D
Droit étatique, droit coutumier, pluralism juridique et pratiques juridiques	TUE-A,B
Normative Phenomena and Legal Issures: From Early Islam until Today	THU-B,C
Charity (Sadaqa), Charitable Institutions and Pious Endowments (Awqaf) in Medieval and Ottoman Islam	WED-C,D
Hadith Criticism and the Virtual Hadith Academy	MON-C
Philosophical and Theological Reflection	MON-C,D

Migration Studies
International Migration and the Way Out	FRI-B
Migrations internationales au Maghreb	TUE-A,B
Migrations internationales au Maghreb	TUE-B,C
Les migrations à Istanbul (de l'époque Ottomane à la Turquie contemporaine)	MON-C
Domestic Workers to / in / from the Middle East	THU-C,D
Les Iranien de Berlin et la modernité (1916-1925)	WED-B,C
Muslim and Turkish Communities in Germany	TUE-A
Living as a Refugee	THU-B
International Migration and the MENA Region	MON-C
Jewish Immigration from Muslim Countries to Israel	TUE-C
Jewish Migration to Israel	TUE-A
A Life in Diaspora	THU-A

Media and Cultural Studies

Methods and Methodologies in Middle East Studies: Life Story Narratives, Oral History and Autobiographies: Self and Subjectivity in Autobiographies, Memoirs, Novels, Travelogues and Architecture	THU-B,C
Methods and Methodologies in Middle East Studies: Life Story Narratives, Oral History and Autobiographies: Self and Subjectivity in Oral History Narratives	THU-C,D
Mathematics and Astronomy in the Middle East	MON-C,D
Écriture et calligraphie dans la culture islamique médiévale et moderne	MON-C,D
Elite Change in the Arab World and Iran	TUE-C,D
Global Fusion: Visions for the Future of Middle East	TUE-A,B
Translators as Cultural Mediators	THU-A,B
Islamic Education in the Soviet Union and the CIS	MON-C
Avicenna: Avicenna and the Classical Tradition	THU-A,B
Avicenna: Avicenna on Natural Philosophy and the Exact Sciences	THU-C
Avicenna: Avicenna on Metaphysics and Theology	FRI-B
Avicenna: The Heritage of Avicenna	FRI-C
Real-Life Literacies in the Maghreb: Context as the Key to Learning in Tunisia and Morocco	MON-C,D
The Interrelatedness of Intellectual Trends in the Modern Mediterranean	TUE-A,B
The Interrelatedness of Intellectual Trends in the Modern Mediterranean	TUE-B,C
Chocs des civilisations	THU-A,B
Statut de l'enquête ethnographique dans un contexte de guerre	TUE-C,D
Muslim Intellectuals and Discourses of Modernity	THU-A
Voyage et re-fondation du monde : voyageurs orientaux en Orient	TUE-A,B,C
Anthropology in the Middle East: Past Perspectives - Future Visions	TUE-D
Modern and Contemporary Art in in the Mediterranean Islamic World - New Approaches / Les arts plastiques dans l'islam méditerranéen - nouvelles approches et méthodes d'analyse	TUE-A,B
The Sources and Nature of Encyclopaedias of Science and Medical Compendia in Silamic Civilization	WED-D
Media	THU-C,D
Cinema, Media and the Middle East	THU-A,C,D
Performance in the Middle East: Music and Theatre	WED-A,B
La réforme de l'État dans le monde islamo-méditerranéen vue du Maghreb au 19ème et 20ème siècles: la trame intellectuelle, la circulation des idées	MON-C,D
Cultural Conceptions of Middle Eastern Statesmen, Intellectuals and Technocrats (19th - 21st Centuries)	TUE-D,E
Tracking Change: Political, Cultural and Intellectual Transition in the Muslim World	WED-B,C
Tradition, Mass Culture and Social Change in the Arab World	MON-C
Library Sciences and Indexing	THU-C
Mutual Perceptions	TUE-A,B

Linguistics and Literature
New Approaches on Turkish Literature: Turkish Literature in Comparative Perspective	TUE-A,B
New Approaches on Turkish Literature: The Use of Myth in Turkish Literature	TUE-B,C
Un siècle de roman en Egypte (1901 - 2001)	FRI-C
Majority and Minority Relations - Jews and Israeli Arabs as a Case in Point	THU-A,B
Fêtes, célébrations, commémorations: des espaces et des temps dans le monde arabe	MON-C,D,E
Arabic Literature and Islamic Studies	TUE-C
Constructions of National Identity in Space, in Public, in Literature, and in Absentia	THU-C,D
Poems and Poets, Novels and Authors, Writing Today	WED-B,C
The Other View: Contemporary Literature by Women Authors in the Middle East	THU-C,D
Classical Literature	FRI-A
Language and Linguistics	WED-A,B,C

Nationality, Identities and Ethnicity
Constructing Collective Identities in Islamic Contexts	WED-B
Constructing Identities	THU-A,B
Nationalism: The Middle East and its Role in the World	TUE-C,D
Alevism	WED-A,B,C

Poster Presentation

The posters are presented from Monday, 9 September, 9:00am until Thursday, 12 September, 5:00pm.
The poster presenters are expected to be present beside their posters in order to explain their work during the following periods: Tuesday, 10:30am-11:00am; Wednesday, 4:00pm-4:30pm; Thursday, 10:30am-11:00am.

Poster-No. Titel Presenter Institution

01 Archaeological and Archaeometalurgical Investigation at Western Mazandaran , Iran Rahmat Abbasnezhad, Mehdi Mousavi Koopar Art and Architecture Faculty of Mazandaran University

02 Personal Testimonies: Palestinian Women Political Prisoners Narrate Their Prison Experience Elham Bayour California State University

03 Poverty Reduction: The Role of Cooperation and Aid Mohamed Benbouziane TLEMCEN UNIVERSITY

04 Expansion et retour aux sources chez les Chiites Dawudi Bohras. Une dialectique de la circulation dans la diasporaialectisque Sophie Blanchy Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative, CNRS-Univ.Paris X NanterreCNRS

05 Mapping Zafar - Capital of Himyar Wolfgang Böhler Universität Mainz

06 Les inégalités sociales et spatiales liées à l'eau Yamna Djellouli Universite du Maine

07 Développement insulaire en milieu aride et valorisation des ressources naturelles et culturelles : quelles convergences ? Yamna Djellouli Université du Maine

08 Cross-Hatching in the Global Culture: Presentation of the Dictionary of Contemporary Arab Authors John Donohue St Joseph University

09 Literary Lebanon - from the Dictionary of Modern Arab Authors Leslie Tramontini Orient-Institut Beirut

11 Informal Urban Patterns in Islamic Cities Antje Illberg

12 The Origins and Evolution of the Palestinian Sources of Law Feras Milhem Centre for International Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

13 Health Problems of Female Workers in Agricultural Sector Buhara Önal Occupational Health and Safety Centre

14 Social Entropy and its Role in Cultural Development Jalal Rafifar University of Tehran

15 American Institute for Yemeni Studies Thomas Stevenson Ohio University-Zanesville

16 Witnesses of Cultural Production - The Surveys on Late Ottoman Architecture in Damascus and the City of Tripoli Stefan Weber Orient - Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft - Beirut

17 Ethnic Business in Germany's Catering Trade. A Chance for Integration? Tim Fallenbacher Department of Geography, University of Erlangen

18 German-Palestinian Excavation in Bir Zeit Wolfgang Zwickel Seminar für Altes Testament und Biblische Archäologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

19 Centre for Modern Oriental Studies: "History and Cultures of the Modern Orient since the 18th Century" Steffen Wippel Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)

20 The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction / The Silent East - West Frontline Migration from Europe to the Middle East Dany Shoham Begin-Sadat center for strategic studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

21 Increasing the Role of Women in the Political, Social, Cultural, Academic, etc. Arena of Islamic Iran Zohreh Nafissi AzZahra University

22 The Association for Environmental and Devolopmental Studies in the Arab World Gloria Ibrahim Saliba UCLA

23 Segmented Society - fragmented Cities: Causes and Consequenzes of Gated Housing Estates in Lebanon Georg Glasze Universität Mainz

25 Libya in the Process of Transformation Eduard Gombar Charles University / Prague

26 Isriye-Seriana: Sanctuary, settlement and military station in central Syria from the early Roman Empire to the Abbassid period Rüdiger Gogräfe

Poster-No.	Titel	Presenter	Institution
01	Archaeological and Archaeometalurgical Investigation at Western Mazandaran , Iran	Rahmat Abbasnezhad, Mehdi Mousavi Koopar	Art and Architecture Faculty of Mazandaran University
02	Personal Testimonies: Palestinian Women Political Prisoners Narrate Their Prison Experience	Elham Bayour	California State University
03	Poverty Reduction: The Role of Cooperation and Aid	Mohamed Benbouziane	TLEMCEN UNIVERSITY
04	Expansion et retour aux sources chez les Chiites Dawudi Bohras. Une dialectique de la circulation dans la diasporaialectisque	Sophie Blanchy	Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative, CNRS-Univ.Paris X NanterreCNRS
05	Mapping Zafar - Capital of Himyar	Wolfgang Böhler	Universität Mainz
06	Les inégalités sociales et spatiales liées à l'eau	Yamna Djellouli	Universite du Maine
07	Développement insulaire en milieu aride et valorisation des ressources naturelles et culturelles : quelles convergences ?	Yamna Djellouli	Université du Maine
08	Cross-Hatching in the Global Culture: Presentation of the Dictionary of Contemporary Arab Authors	John Donohue	St Joseph University
09	Literary Lebanon - from the Dictionary of Modern Arab Authors	Leslie Tramontini	Orient-Institut Beirut
11	Informal Urban Patterns in Islamic Cities	Antje Illberg
12	The Origins and Evolution of the Palestinian Sources of Law	Feras Milhem	Centre for International Law, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
13	Health Problems of Female Workers in Agricultural Sector	Buhara Önal	Occupational Health and Safety Centre
14	Social Entropy and its Role in Cultural Development	Jalal Rafifar	University of Tehran
15	American Institute for Yemeni Studies	Thomas Stevenson	Ohio University-Zanesville
16	Witnesses of Cultural Production - The Surveys on Late Ottoman Architecture in Damascus and the City of Tripoli	Stefan Weber	Orient - Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft - Beirut
17	Ethnic Business in Germany's Catering Trade. A Chance for Integration?	Tim Fallenbacher	Department of Geography, University of Erlangen
18	German-Palestinian Excavation in Bir Zeit	Wolfgang Zwickel	Seminar für Altes Testament und Biblische Archäologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
19	Centre for Modern Oriental Studies: "History and Cultures of the Modern Orient since the 18th Century"	Steffen Wippel	Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO)
20	The Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction / The Silent East - West Frontline Migration from Europe to the Middle East	Dany Shoham	Begin-Sadat center for strategic studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
21	Increasing the Role of Women in the Political, Social, Cultural, Academic, etc. Arena of Islamic Iran	Zohreh Nafissi	AzZahra University
22	The Association for Environmental and Devolopmental Studies in the Arab World	Gloria Ibrahim Saliba	UCLA
23	Segmented Society - fragmented Cities: Causes and Consequenzes of Gated Housing Estates in Lebanon	Georg Glasze	Universität Mainz
25	Libya in the Process of Transformation	Eduard Gombar	Charles University / Prague
26	Isriye-Seriana: Sanctuary, settlement and military station in central Syria from the early Roman Empire to the Abbassid period	Rüdiger Gogräfe

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